the harddisk is recognized as /dev/hda instead of /dev/sda with kernel
2.6.21.5
Is there any way to change this ? a parameter to give to the kernel ?

12-06-2007, 08:15 AM

unix

Re: new kernel 2.6.23.9 not working on inspiron 9300

On Thu, 06 Dec 2007 09:00:36 +0100, wcth <wcth241@yahoo.fr> wrote:
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>the harddisk is recognized as /dev/hda instead of /dev/sda with kernel
>2.6.21.5
>Is there any way to change this ? a parameter to give to the kernel ?[/color]

Yes, yes. :)

You give no information, perhaps you compiled in the obsolete sata
driver instead of the current driver?

Grant.

12-06-2007, 08:29 AM

unix

Re: new kernel 2.6.23.9 not working on inspiron 9300

Grant wrote:[color=blue]
> On Thu, 06 Dec 2007 09:00:36 +0100, wcth <wcth241@yahoo.fr> wrote:
>
>[color=green]
>> the harddisk is recognized as /dev/hda instead of /dev/sda with kernel
>> 2.6.21.5
>> Is there any way to change this ? a parameter to give to the kernel ?
>>[/color]
>
> Yes, yes. :)
>
> You give no information, perhaps you compiled in the obsolete sata
> driver instead of the current driver?
>
> Grant.
>[/color]

I did not compile anything, I took the new kernel in slackware-current

12-06-2007, 02:55 PM

unix

Re: new kernel 2.6.23.9 not working on inspiron 9300

On Thu, 06 Dec 2007 09:00:36 +0100, wcth wrote:
[color=blue]
> the harddisk is recognized as /dev/hda instead of /dev/sda with kernel
> 2.6.21.5
> Is there any way to change this ? a parameter to give to the kernel ?
>[/color]
I noticed this on a Latitude also. The kernel parameter is hda=noprobe

The other difference is that cpu scaling is now managed by the
acpi-cpufreq module.

--
Douglas Mayne

12-07-2007, 08:20 AM

unix

Re: new kernel 2.6.23.9 not working on inspiron 9300

Douglas Mayne wrote:[color=blue]
> On Thu, 06 Dec 2007 09:00:36 +0100, wcth wrote:
>
>[color=green]
>> the harddisk is recognized as /dev/hda instead of /dev/sda with kernel
>> 2.6.21.5
>> Is there any way to change this ? a parameter to give to the kernel ?
>>
>>[/color]
> I noticed this on a Latitude also. The kernel parameter is hda=noprobe
>
> The other difference is that cpu scaling is now managed by the
> acpi-cpufreq module.
>
>[/color]
Thank you very much. It works now